[consulting] Credit card donation/payment gateways

[blake hall]

I would recommend passing along a report by Idealware (http:// 
idealware.org/donations/). It's a pretty good run down of online  
donation options, including explaining the benefits / drawbacks of  
the various choices. It's especially clear about the flat fee VS  
percentage per transaction costs of the various options.

The only downside is that you have to register with idealware to get  
the report.  I've found several of them interesting though (and they  
don't seem to spam).

It's always nice to be able to pass on a document, rather than having  
to reinvent the wheel.

Cheers,

blake hall

On Apr 16, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Bill Fitzgerald wrote:

> Hello, all,
>
> Over the next couple weeks I'll be setting up a payment gateway for a
> client. They currently do not have the capability to accept  
> payments via
> credit card (ie, no pre-existing merchant account) but when their site
> goes live in early May they would like people to be able to donate
> online via a credit card.
>
> My initial inclination is to set up a gateway via PayPal, and then
> switch to a more permanent solution after the site launch.
>
> So, my questions are:
> 1. Any recommendations for payment gateways? Anybody have a good
> experience with a particular vendor they would like to share?
> 2. Any advice that I can pass on to our client as they set up the
> merchant account/payment gateway? They will be doing this themselves,
> and from what I can gather do not have a lot of experience setting  
> this
> up. I've set up gateways in the past, but it's been a while (maybe 12
> months?) and I'd like some feedback from anyone who has done it more
> recently/on a more regular basis.
>
> This is for a client based in the US.
>
> As always, thanks for your time/insight.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bill
>
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